250 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



these two species, we find all the intermediate instances 

 of a localization of perceptions." 



Now these are descriptions of the single cell, living the 

 wild life, where he struggles for existence as a sole sep- 

 arate individual. Compare the actions of these hunting 

 cells with those of Theodore Roosevelt, shooting deer 

 and bear. There is not the slightest difference in the in- 

 telligence exhibited by the cell and by Mr. Roosevelt 

 in their actions except in one thing, and that is, that the 

 cell had to first make his own gun, so that in this par- 

 ticular, the cell has Mr. Roosevelt beaten. But you may 

 say that a cell never does anything with the intention of 

 effecting a purpose. 



When we see an Indian make a bow and arrow, we 

 know his purpose to get something to eat. With that 

 idea spurring him into action, he works for a purpose, 

 When he shoots the arrow, it is for the same purpose 

 his every act is for the one purpose, to get something to 

 eat. 



The acts of the Amoeba and the Didinium must nec- 

 essarily be the same. They are the actions of an intelli- 

 gent being in either case. The cause of all life we see, is 

 the intelligence possessed by the microscopic builders, the 

 cells. 



A short time ago I read in my Sunday paper the fol- 

 lowing article: "Botanists have long declared that 

 plants as well as animals have nervous organizations and 

 are capable of feeling and demonstrating that they feel 

 pleasure and pain and even that they show appreciation 

 for attention and droop under neglect. 



Scientific proot of the truth of these theories is now 

 furnished in records of remarkable experiments conducted 

 by Professor Jagadis Chandra Bose, of Calcutta, India, 



